Hays ADDRESSING

Hays ADDRESSING Model Template

COMPLETE ALL AREAS OF THIS TABLE FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT An example of a partially completed table is provided on the next page.
Cultural Group (according to the ADDRESSING model)	How You Identify	Implications for your work. Consider where you have privilege, and which groups might be easy or difficult to work with.
A. Age (and generational influences).
D. Disability (developmental).
D. Disability (acquired).
R. Religion and spiritual identity.
E. Ethnicity and racial identity.
S. Socioeconomic status.
S. Sexual orientation.
I. Indigenous heritage.
N. National origin.
G. Gender.

After filling out the table above, review your entries. Then use the space below and respond to the following:

1. Based on your entries to the table above, evaluate three areas where you have privilege and three areas where you do not (this is also part of the first discussion in this course). Provide examples of each.

2. Evaluate how your own cultural identities or other factors may possibly influence you to have any biases in relation to others with different cultural identities.

3. Analyze the implications your cultural identifications may have on your professional relationships.

Partially Completed Example
Cultural Group (according to the ADDRESSING model)	How You Identify	Implications for your work. Consider where you have privilege, and what groups might be easy or difficult to work with.
A. Age (and generational influences).	Middle age (40s).	I would have difficulty working with children and young adults (15–20). I realize I’m too verbal in my therapy approach, and appreciate clients who can have discussions involving complex concepts.
D. Disability (developmental).
D. Disability (acquired).
R. Religion and spiritual identity.
E. Ethnicity and racial identity.
S. Socioeconomic status.
S. Sexual orientation.	Gay	I know I have biases against people who follow a strict and literal interpretation of the scriptures.
I. Indigenous heritage.
N. National origin.
G. Gender.	Male	I would have problems working with those who follow strict social sex roles. (Only men can do men things and only women can do women things). I find gender and social sex roles much more fluid.

Reference

Hays, P. A. (2008). Looking into the clinician’s mirror: Cultural self-assessment. In P. A. Hays (Ed.), Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy (2nd ed., pp. 41–62). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.